Bundled special stain group 2 at LIVE OAK MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS

3445 Ingleside Blvd, Ladson, SC · HCA Trident Health System · · NPI 1124443478

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$5.71 with United vs $194.75 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United MCD $5.71
BLUE CHOICE MGMCD $5.71
Aetna SC NB $17.22
Aetna SC AFA $17.22
Aetna SC FI $23.10
Absolute Total Care HIX $29.93
Aetna SC SI $30.03
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84
Molina HIX $36.90
Absolute Total Care MCD $36.90
BCBS PBHIX $38.53
Blue Choice Health Plan HIX $38.53
Pruitt Health MCR $38.95
NHC Advantage MGMCR $38.95
SC State Employees COMM $50.96
BCBS BlueChoice $76.04
BCBS PreferredBlue $76.04
Medcost NEWULTRA $78.31
United OptionsPPO $82.00
Select Health HIX $88.15
United GlobalBenefit $92.25
Employers Health Network COMM $92.25
OccuNet COMM $102.50
Medcost NEWPAYER $110.29
Vocational Rehab MCR $110.70
Medcost STANDARD $115.21
Humana BH COMM $133.25
First Health PPO $149.65
MHNet COMM $153.75
Humana Choicecare PPO $153.75
Evernorth BHCOMM $164.00
Prime Health COMM $174.25
Multiplan COMM $174.25
NovaNet COMM $184.50
BCBS COMM $194.75

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